ATLANTA, Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Birch Communications, Inc., ("Birch") a leading nationwide provider of communications, network and cloud services to small, mid-sized, enterprise and wholesale businesses, announced today the availability of a flexible and affordable rental program for SIP desktop and conference phones for current and new TotalCloud PBX business customers.

Birch's rental phone program allows business customers, at any stage of their lifecycle, to obtain best-in-class phones with no upfront capital cost, easily upgrade system hardware and enable them to expand their system as their business grows. Pre-configured phones arrive ready to plug and play into Birch's state-of-the-art cloud phone system — TotalCloud PBX. The rental program provides customers with a lifetime warranty on equipment and the flexibility to easily upgrade their system hardware with the latest developments in SIP desktop technology.

With the new offering, Birch provides customers more options than any other provider and gives them the flexibility to select the best phone system payment plan for their business. They can now benefit from a more affordable monthly rental phone option as an alternative to other payment options the company offers. Other available options include purchasing handsets outright or over a 24-month period, or using their existing devices through Birch's "bring your own device" program.

Moving a business's phone service to the cloud offers many advantages – it eliminates the high costs of maintaining on-premise equipment, reduces operating expenses, provides business continuity, and enables mobile connectivity. TotalCloud PBX is a robust enterprise-class phone system that provides customers with a rich feature set, enabling businesses of any size access to products previously only within reach of very large companies. And with its recently enhanced web-based customer portal, TotalCloud PBX provides flexibility for a business to create and edit seat profiles, phones, auto attendants and hunt groups, set up and modify calling features such as call forwarding, view call capacity, and much more.

"Our rental program enables customers to minimize the cost of moving to a cloud-based phone system. We've removed the significant financial obstacles by substantially lowering the initial cost of entry that comes with deploying a new phone system," said David Gibson, Vice President of Business Development at Birch. "Customers can now opt for rental, payment plan, purchased or a BYOD phone option— which is a real benefit. Businesses can focus their dollars on growing their business, not on maintaining their own phone system."